Mothers Work

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Photo reference Beaver Shaw with permission. colour Pencil

Beauty Around

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I feel better when I surround myself with nature (taken in my back garden). see the beauty in everything.

The best things in life are free

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I feel better when I take a moment to look, to really look at how beautiful our world is. I think we sometimes forget with all the bad that happens in life, how lucky we are to be able to stand, listen and breathe and to remember how precious life is.

I feel better when I am Protected

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I feel the embrace between the two lemurs signifies the feeling of being protected and having someone watch over you, which makes me feel a sense of safety and reassurance.

Field House

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A small house on the edge of a field, on the edge of a coastal walk. Oil on canvas. The little house is the focal point. Just beyond is the suggestion of rolling countryside, as the coast curves away into the distance. The middle ground is full of yellow hay and the left foreground is a squiggle of seed heads.
Yellow and warm, with a light refreshing breeze; a place to rest.

Mother Nature

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I am happy when I notice how beautiful Mother Nature can be

Baby Amur leopard.

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I feel better when I am taking photos, I feel like there is no one else around me and I feel safe and comfortable taking photos for hours, I feel like I am in my own bubble and nothing can bother me when I have my cameras.

This is a photo of a baby amur leopard at Twycross Zoo.

Baby Gorilla.

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I feel better when I am taking photos, I feel like there is no one else around me and I feel safe and comfortable taking photos for hours, I feel like I am in my own bubble and nothing can bother me when I have my cameras.

This photo is of the baby gorilla at Twycross zoo, only a few weeks old and his mother.

Riley

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I Feel Better When I am with my dude!

Couples

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Walking on the beach with your special one

It’s Me, my Shadow and the last Muddy Puddle

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A day at the Zoo with our grandchildren.
It rained for most of day. Our grandson found more joy splashing in muddy puddles than visiting the animals. Then the sun appeared and the puddles dried up. Finally, we found the last muddy puddle.

Bacon

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“Mummy, look, we need to go on snail patrol I have just saved this one’s bacon! Phew!”

Best times

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Best times been with my husband and my dog Ayla

Self compassion

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I have found compassion focused therapy and mindful self compassion extremely helpful in a way that other approaches hadn’t been before for me. It has turned my outlook on myself, others and mental health upside-down. There’s a very old text called “Desiderata” that I have a favourite quote from. As a human being you deserve compassion (in the truest sense of the word, which involves taking responsibility for your actions, courage and warmth), and you don’t have to do anything to earn it.

Self portrait

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During mindfulness meditation and compassionate mind meditation practice, I think of my “self” exploring what is happening in my mind and body with gentle curiosity. It helps sometimes to draw what it is I want to visualise or aim for. I find there is no one “self” but different thoughts and feelings, some of which directly oppose each other and that I am all of these.

Two swimmers

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i enjoy light painting photography, this is one of the first photos I ever took using two torches the red one flashes and a white light torch, holding camera with right hand, torches in left, was tricky. I love to swim, when I looked at what I produced I could see two swimmers. I am most happy when I am swimming, it frees the mind and refreshes me, makes me feel energised.

Meditation

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I find I feel better when I am being mindful, meditating and practicing deep breathing, and this drawing expresses that. In a way, it’s a reminder to practice the qualities I want to develop the most, as well as Drawing, which in itself often makes me feel happy, relaxed and peaceful. I hope you like it.

Bradgate Park

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This artwork captures what I love about Bradgate park: The wildlife, especially Deer. There’s something about their eyes, so warm, so expressive that awes me, making me happy. I feel better when expressing myself. Just drawing this Dear made me happier, made me feel relaxed and peaceful. I hope you like it.